Legendary character actress, ZaSu Pitts, was born Eliza Susan Pitts on Jan 3, 1894 in Parsons, KS. Pitts died at the age of 69 on Jun 7, 1963 in Hollywood, CA and was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA.

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ZaSu Pitts was a 'bird-like' American actress with thin upper lips and large, darting eyes. At first she played vulnerable roles, most notably in Von Stroheim's "Greed", then later took to comedy with various partners in early sound two-reelers, then played equally vulnerable and spinsterish character parts.

One of the home video highlights of 2018 was the official release of all the Hal Roach comedy shorts of Thelma Todd, , and Patsy Kelly....and now we have a book to go along with them. James L. Neibaur's THE HAL ROACH COMEDY SHORTS OF THELMA TODD, , AND PATSY KELLY, published by M... Read full article

Thelma Todd & : The Hal Roach Collection 1931-33

By Dan Day Jr. on Nov 4, 2018 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

This summer Classic Flix released the entire series of Thelma Todd-Patsy Kelly short subject comedies on DVD, and now the Sprocket Vault brings us the complete Thelma Todd- series on DVD as well. The Todd/Pitts/Kelly comedies, produced at the Hal Roach Studios, are now finally all availabl... Read full article

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By smumcountry on Jun 22, 2014 From Smum County

June 22, 2014 by smumcounty was born Eliza Susan Pitts in Parsons Kansas on January 3rd, 1894. She was named after her father?s sisters, Eliza and Susan, from which her nickname ZaSu is derived. Although commonly mispronounced Za-soo, Zay-soo, or Zay-zoo, in her 1963 candy cookbook, ?Cand... Read full article

Know Your Character Actor:

By smumcountry on Jun 22, 2014 From Smum County

June 22, 2014 by smumcounty was born Eliza Susan Pitts in Parsons Kansas on January 3rd, 1894. She was named after her father?s sisters, Eliza and Susan, from which her nickname ZaSu is derived. Although commonly mispronounced Za-soo, Zay-soo, or Zay-zoo, in her 1963 candy cookbook, ?Cand... Read full article

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By Bogart Fan on Oct 2, 2013 From The Bogie Film Blog

Birth Name: Eliza Susan Pitts Birthdate: January 3, 1894 Number of films made with Humphrey Bogart: 2 The Lowdown: Named after her father?s two sisters, Eliza Susan Pitts would later legally adopt the stage name ?Zasu? (pronounced SAY-ZOO by the actress). Cutting her teeth in the the... Read full article